Spain has given the world many wonderful things, including flamenco, tapas and the idea that not eating dinner until half the planet is asleep is somehow completely normal. It has also now given us a Mini Main Event field that totally lost control in the best possible way.

Once registrations closed after Day 1D, the €50,000 GTD Mini Main Event had reached a record-breaking 918 entries, comfortably smashing the guarantee and generating a massive €114,750 prize pool.

So, let’s have a look at what happened.

The day kicked off at 1pm with the final flight of the €50,000 GTD Mini Main Event, Day 1D Hyper. The flight attracted a total of 147 entries, with 21 players making it through to Day 2.

Familiar faces included the ever-bubbly PartyPoker Tour Team member Glenn Brown and Rebecca Hardisty, although unfortunately neither managed to progress this time around.

Leading the way was Spanish player Alfredo Albornoz, who bagged a massive 1.29 million chips. He was followed by Dutch player Indy Theo Sepp Westenberg with 576,000 chips and Chinese player Xiaobin Liu with 466,000 chips.

At 4pm, the PLO Masters High Roller 6-Max got underway.

The tournament attracted 33 entries, generating a total prize pool of €29,700. JJ Hazan, the mastermind behind the PLO Masters brand, was of course in attendance, alongside newly announced PartyPoker Tour Team member Barny Boatman.

In the end, it was local Spanish player David Sierra Marino who lifted the trophy and took home €11,860 in prize money.

At 6pm, the NLH KO commenced, attracting 97 entries and generating a total prize pool of €11,640.

Familiar faces included PartyPoker Tour Manchester Main Event Winner Deniz Orhan, alongside PartyPoker Tour Team members Barbara Jimenez and Rebecca Hardisty. Let’s also not forget that Barbara, during her very first event as a sponsored player in Seville, finished runner-up in the Main Event.

Ultimately, it was Pal Andre Fjulsrud who collected the €2,860 top prize, alongside the trophy and, of course, the glory.

Then, at 7pm, it was time for Day 2 of the Mini Main Event to begin.

This is officially the biggest Mini Main Event in the history of the tour, with its incredible 918-entry field generating a total prize pool of €114,750, more than doubling the original guarantee.

The 135 players who had successfully navigated their way through the starting flights returned to battle it out for a spot on the final day.

Familiar faces still in contention included Madrid local and PartyPoker Tour Team member Dani Garcia, Steffan Stroffek and PartyPoker Tour Manchester Main Event Winner Deniz Orhan. Unfortunately, none of them managed to make it through to the final day.

However, among the 27 players who did survive were PartyPoker Tour Team member Joe Beevers and PartyPoker Tour Leaderboard Winner Alex “wishiper96” Georgiev.

Leading the way heading into the final day is Kevin Lezcano with 3 million chips, followed by Dwayne Ofoeme with 2.44 million and Olivian Marius Vadean with 2.43 million.

Finally, at 10pm, the last tournament of the day, the NLH Hyper, got underway.

The top three finishers also received a €500 Main Event ticket, courtesy of the PartyPoker team, on top of their prize money.

The event attracted 138 entries and generated a total prize pool of €3,450, proving that Casino Gran Via has absolutely no intention of slowing down any time soon.

Familiar faces included PartyPoker Tour Team members Barny Boatman, Rebecca Hardisty and Natalie Bromley, who unfortunately became the tournament’s unlucky stone bubble.

Yesterday was absolute madness, but somehow today is shaping up to be just as big.

First and foremost, today marks the beginning of the €100,000 GTD Main Event.

The Live Stream will also go live for the very first time this festival with an Invitational Sit & Go, followed by coverage of the Mini Main Event final table, where a champion will officially be crowned in the record-breaking event.

On top of that, the PLO Masters 4/5/6, led by the one and only JJ Hazan, gets underway and, last but certainly not least, the first of two Poker.PRO sponsored tournaments will begin.

So yes, another packed day awaits inside Casino Gran Via:

Poker.pro and Poker Red will be on the ground providing live updates throughout the festival, so make sure you follow the action.